Truck.



F. GUNNING.

TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 14, I914.

Show/tow Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

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FREDERICK GUNNING, OF TALLMADGE TOWNSHIP, SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO, ASSIGNOROF ONE-HALF TO HOWARD E. FENDER, OF AKRON, OHIO.

TRUCK.

handtrucks'used for transporting general merchandise and the object ofthe invention which is equally as easy to manipulate for the loadingand-unloading operations as are the common hand trucks of commerce andwhich when in a loaded condition are capable of carrying a greaterweight or load than are the common hand trucks for the reason that theweight of the load is borne by the truck and not by the operator.

More specifically, the invention comprises an attachment to an ordinarytruck which serves to sustain the load on the truck and relieve theoperator therefrom while permitting the same ease of manipulation as ispossessed by the ordinary two Wheel hand truck.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe novel construction, combination and arrangement of partsconstituting the invention to be hereinafter specifically described andillustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part hereofwherein is shownthe preferred embodiment of the invention, but it is tobe understood that changes, variations and modifications can be resortedto which comes within the scope of the matter hereinafter claimed.

In the drawin s in which similar reference numerals in icate like partsinthe different figures, Figure view of a hand truck embodying thisinvention, showing the same in its loading position; and, Fig. 2, is aside elevation of the same device showing the same in its loadedposition. I

Referring to the drawings in detail the reference numerals 1, 1 denotethe stiles of an ordinary truck provided at one end with handles 2 andconnected by cross bars 3. Secured to the-upper faces of the stiles 1are strips 4 connected by a cross-bar'5 wedge-shaped in cross sectionand used for insertion under a piece of merchandise. Secured to the-under side of the stiles are Specification 01 Letters Patent.

1, is a perspective Patented Apr. 2'7, 1915.

Application filed August 14, 1914. Serial No. 856,789.

bearings 6 in which is a transverse axle 7 on which are ground wheels 8.Also secured to the under side of the stiles 1 are a pair of legs 9reinforced by braces 10. The foregoing is the ordinary hand truck ofcommerce and while diflerent trucks may vary slightly in their generaldescription, it is intended that the invention shall apply to all trucksof this general nature, in which the cross bar- 5 is inserted under apiece of merchandise and the piece tipped back on the cross bars 3 andstiles 1 and the truck mainpulated by the handles 2.

In this construction, after the piece of merchandise has been tippedback on the truck, the larger portion of the weight of the merchandiseis supported by the operator and in order to relieve the operator ofthis weight and enable the truck to carry a greater load, the followingdevice is employed: Secured to the axle 7 by some means, such forinstance, as U-bolts 11 are a pair of rearwardly-extending bars 12between the opposite, widely-separated ends of which extends a cross bar13 preferably arranged parallel with the axle 7. Extending upwardly fromthe ends of the cross bar 13 are a pair of posts 14. The posts 14 arereinforced by braces 15 extending to and connected with therearwardly-extending bars 12. Supported on the upper ends of the posts14 is a cross bar 16 constituting a support and preferably provided withupturned ends 17. The connections between the bar 16 and the posts 14are usually reinforced by means of angle plates 18. Secured to the lowerends of the posts 14 are swiveled rollers 19. The bar 16 is preferablylonger than the transverse width of the truck and is adapted to receiveandsupport the stiles 1.

In operation, the operator raises the handles of the movable truck, asshown in Fig. 1, and inserts the cross bar-5 under the piece ofmerchandise and afterward tilts it back on the cross bars and stiles, asusual. The operator then lowers the handles 2 until the stiles 1 rest onthe support 16 which transfers the weight of the load to the truck, andthe parts assume the position shown in Fig. 2. It will be apparent fromthe foregoing that the operator is relieved from supporting the load onthe truck, as it is supported by the rollers 19 and the truck can bereadily wheeled to any convenient place and unloaded by simply raisingthe handles 2 in the ordinary manner. It is also apparent that theattachment can be applied to any ordinary construction of hand truck andbe removed therefrom when desired, and yet when used in connection withthe truck the user thereof is enabled to move loads greatly in excess ofthose which he would be capable of if the attachment was not used,thereby rendering the ordinary truck of greater service and capable ofcarrying greater loads than are the ordinary commercial trucks ofcommerce.

claim-: The combination with a truck having side witnesses.

FREDERICK GUN NIN G. Witnesses:

HOWARD E. BENDER, C. E. HUMPEREY.

